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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1981
Page
8
Fifth and sixth graders at Lincoln School painted dodgeball, basketball, and tetherball lines on the playground Friday. Crews laid fresh blacktop over old pavement before marking the new lines near the northwest area of the school.
Good morning Ottawa. Today is the yearly Bazaar and Quilt Show at Richter United Methodist Church with a noon to 7 30 p.m. ham and bean supper plus sandwiches and a salad bar. Directions: six miles west of Ottawa on K 68, then one eighth mile north. Last weekend Sonic Driven raised 900 for Ottawa High School music. Tom Miller and Terry Brownell praised the reception at the Ottawa Flea Market, which opened with over 2 000 attendees. Toys for Toys will place empty barrels in stores for toy repairs this Christmas. call Mel Beeghley at 242 5069 for details. A new Case eagle statue along East K 48 was noted. On Oct 1 at midnight Conoco stations on South US 519 and East K 68 changed managers to the Richardsons of Pomona who plan upgrades. Stop by next time you’re in town.
The Daily Report notes eight Josten's class rings stolen Thursday from a display case at Ottawa High School in Ottawa, Kansas, with a total estimated loss of 660 dollars. The item list includes civil cases filed involving Osawatomie Building Supply and the Hrahes, plus FDIC foreclosure actions. Also lists midweek Midwest livestock and market data with broad price shifts and weekly totals.
Secretary of Agriculture John Block will visit Kansas October 29 to 31 with a stop at Kansas State University in Manhattan October 20 to deliver a Landon Lecture. He will meet Kansas Farm Bureau leaders to discuss the agriculture economy, farm program incentives for acreage reductions, and continued export promotion emphasis.
The Local Library Line offers help beyond books with answers or referrals. Readers can call 242-3080, write, or visit the Community Information Center at 5th and Main for topics from opera history to flags, mint jelly, 4-H joining, William H. Harrison, pecan orchards, notary public steps, and more.
Progress reports go home Tuesday at mid first nine weeks to help students improve before grade cards. Conferences with parents are planned in November. Teachers may skip reports unless below a C. A Wednesday pep assembly honors football and volleyball midpoints led by pep club and band. Maple Leaf Festival parade band on October 17. Student group meets Principal Bettye Coughenour this week. will have one rep per teacher-adviser group, elected each semester, to discuss concerns.
Nine people injured by flying glass when the front window of a hardware store blew out as fire raged through four downtown businesses and a Masonic Hall in Sedan Kansas. The blaze began in back of Bradley Variety Store. Several buildings including Ackerman's Hardware and The Clothes Encounter were heavily damaged or destroyed. Fire departments from Coffeyville Caney Dearing Havana and Peru aided in fighting the blaze.
About 20 Rantoul area residents earned two trophies at the Fifth Annual Kidney Foundation Ride For Life at Clinton Lake. The Knopke Trail Blazers won for most money raised, $956, and most sponsors, 280. The group, led by kidney dialysis patient Steve Knopke, logged 40 miles over two days with Readiness Camp at Rockhaven. 175 riders participated, and Knopke is expected to receive a second kidney transplant soon.
Community announcements list free facial from Two Twenty Cosmetics via Betty Teter and an anniversary sale at Alternative offering 25 percent off many items.Appointments at Leah's Styling Salon with Cathy Reyes and Teresa Hollon. Moving note for BE'S WAX and Gift. Finch family reunion details. Staff addition at LB's Headquarters. Guitar lessons with McArdle. Dance event Country Sidekicks at Princeton Tavern. Lions Club broom sale. Worlds of Fun passes sale. Lawn care and nut tree promotion. Penny Supper at Quenem o. Calvary Baptist Church dinner. Door to door sale by Lions and bazaar dinner at St. Boniface Scipio.
A Kansas study panel weighed whether trucking rate bureaus act like a cartel by fixing prices or sharing tariffs. Bill Green of the Kansas Corporation Commission described cartel features, while Mary Turkington of the Kansas Motor Carriers Association argued rate bureaus enable independent action and serve as a forum for fair rates. The committee reviews potential trucking regulation changes amid federal deregulation shifts.
Kansas officials announce a settlement with Popejoy Construction Co of Ulysses over antitrust violations. Popejoy pays 100000 and is disqualified as eligible bidder on Department of Transportation projects for three months. Popejoy pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to rig bids and mail fraud. sentencing set for Nov. 23.
Dr Larry J Matney urges frank talk on arthritis in this public education piece. He warns against activity restriction and overreliance on pain pills, noting that reduced movement worsens attacks and tolerance to medication grows. Causes include injury heredity and infection with arthritis striking ages 30s to 40s. prompt treatment is best.
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